Driving Directions
Skyline Gate is located off of Hwy. 13. This highway is accessible via I-580 and Hwy. 24.
From I-580 or Oakland, take Hwy. 13 North. Exit at Park Street.Turn left at Mountain Blvd.
Turn right on Snake Rd. Continue straight onto Shepard Canyon Rd. Turn right on Skyline
Blvd., and drive straight to the Skyline Gate parking lot on the left.
From Berkeley or Hwy. 24, take Hwy. 13 South. Exit at Moraga Ave/Montclair District.
Moraga Ave. becomes Mountain Blvd. Turn left on Snake Rd. Continue straight onto Shepard
Canyon Rd. Turn right on Skyline Blvd., and drive straight to the Skyline Gate parking
lot on the left.
Trail Directions
There are several variations of the Sequoia Bayview loop. The map below shows two of them, one incorporates Graham and Dunn
Trail, while the other one includes the Big Trees loop. Starting at Skyline Gate, take West Ridge Trail for 1.75 miles, going behind
the Chabot Observatory. Past the Observatory, follow the driveway down to Skyline Boulevard. Cross Skyline and go left, and soon you
will see the entrance to the Sequoia Arena on the right. Enter the driveway and head to the restrooms ahead, behind these restrooms you
will catch Sequoia Bayview Trail. Go left onto Sequoia Bayview, follow the trail straight for 1.6 miles. The trail ends at Skyline Blvd.,
and at this turnaround, you can either go left up to Big Trees Trail (Big Trees eventually connects to Sequoia Bayview, where you can
turn right and go back the way you came). Or, at the turnaround, cross the street and turn left, following Skyline a short distance until
you see a gate to a trail on the right. Go down the trail and stay to the left until you reach Dunn Trail. Turn left onto Dunn, then
left onto Graham. Graham leads back to West Ridge Trail; proceed straight on West Ridge back to the starting point.
Distance ~8 mi
Links East Bay Regional Park District
| City of Oakland Park & Rec